family man
a man who has a spouse and one or more children.
a man devoted to his family and home.
Origin of family man
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How to use family man in a sentence
As good Germans they quietly washed their brushes and, as good family men, went home.
The Stacks: How The Berlin Wall Inspired John le Carré’s First Masterpiece | John le Carré | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth were young family men with wartime Navy service, and both were devoted Cold Warriors.
The New New Left Is No New Frontier and JFK Was No Liberal | James L. Swanson, Michael F. Bishop | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLots of fine family men and women make unsuccessful political leaders; many great political leaders were bad family people.
I understand now how the family-men get so mean, and shall have to begin soon to pray against that danger.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century | Margaret Fuller OssoliThese family men invite me to their wives' parties, constantly, unremittingly.
Eugen and I, like family men, as we were, had gone through the ceremony with willing grace.
The First Violin | Jessie FothergillIn these days of model lodging-houses such an injustice to family men should scarcely be allowed to exist.
Curiosities of Civilization | Andrew WynterFamily men in general are not likely to go there this winter, and we shall find the coast very clear.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett Browning
British Dictionary definitions for family man
a man who is married and has children, esp one who is devoted to his family
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